Suspenders



W. A. MOPARLANE.

' Suspender.

No. 241,874. Patented May 24,1881

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM A. MGFARLANE, OF IVANPAH, CALIFORNIA.

SU SPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,874, dated May 24, 1881.

Application filed April 4, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. MGFAR- LANE, of Ivanpah, cou ntyof San Bernardino, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Suspenders; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to certain improvements in suspenders; and it consists in providing their ends with an elastic band and detachable buckles and holders connected therewith.

The object of the invention is to provide suspenders the attachments of which will be serviceable and easily removable, the advantages of said invention being more fully set forth hereinafter.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View of my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are views of the buckle and elastic band.

Let A represent a pair of suspenders made of any suitable material, preferably of any substance other than woven rubber, for reasons hereinafter explained.

B represents the buckle, made of wire, of the shape as shown, with a middle cross-bane, on which is hung or journaled the prongs b and a lower contracted portion, 0. This buckle is made of one piece of wire, commenciu g at the point marked (1, thence forming the crosspiece a, turning up and back, down again past the place of beginning and across, forming the contracted lower portion, 0, and then up to its end, which is formed in a hook, e, fitting over the cross-piece a, and completing the circuit. By unhooking this end anything can be hung to the buckle.

0 represents a rubber band, with its ends joined to form a ring, as-shown. This attachment is made of rubber alone, without being woven with anything, its advantage being in its capacity to remain firm and not rot. This band is slipped onto the buckle B, and is suspended from the lower contracted portion, 0. The ends of the suspenders A are attached to the buckle by passing under the top piece, over the cross-piece a, and between it and the (No model.)

bottom piece, being caught by the teeth b in the ordinary manner.

D represents the pieces or attachments, which are secured to the buttons. Their upper ends are provided with the holders E, to which they are attached. These holders are made of wire, bent in the form of a quadrilateral, one end of the wire beinghooked,as shown, for receiving the other end. The rubber band 0 is slipped into this holder, the end of which is then hooked.

Suspenders when made entircl y of non-elastic material are unyielding, and consequently uncomfortable; and on the other hand, when made entirely of elastic material, they are open to the-objection of being too elastic. Therefore the endeavor should be to regulate in some manner the elasticity.

This suspender is superior to web woven with rubber, cheaper in construction, and not liable to rot from the perspiration ot' the body. The elastic part is so situated as to accommodate the movements of the body in front and back, and the yield is such as to avoid unnecessary strain upon the buttons. The buckles and holders will allow the renewal of the rub hers when necessary.

I am aware that suspenders have been made with elastic attachments, and that detachable buckles have been used. I do not therefore claim, broadly, such use in connection with and applied to suspenders but What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The combination, in suspenders, of the detachable wire frame and buckle B, having a hooked end ,6, the detach able wire frame holder E, havinga hooked end, as shown, and the elastic spring-band 0, when arranged and constructed substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM A. llTOFARLANE. 

